Monday, November 7, 2016

Every once in a while an ad creative arrives in the city skyline that makes Daily Billboard feel giddy with excitement.

These billboards for new first contact movie, Arrival, may not be anything revolutionary, but the very alien-ness of the extraterrestrial spacecraft offers something completely new and different from other outer space visitors that have come before.

In this fresh slice of sci-fi, Amy Adams plays an expert linguist drafted by the military (Forest Whitaker), along with Jeremy Renner's math genius, to help communicate with and understand if these new arrivals are friends or foes.

Denis Villeneuve directs proceedings, based on Ted Chiang's 1998 short story 'Story of your life', so expect an atmospheric, unnerving encounter if his previous films Prisoners and Sicario are anything to go by.

These Arrival movie billboards were snapped along La Cienega Boulevard, La Brea Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard from October 18 to October 21, 2016.

Now, let the countdown to the arrival of this science fiction spectacular begin. Who's excited for this planetfall?UPDATED: Arrival was not only nominated for two Golden Globes (for Best Actress and Original Score), but Amy Adams is also nominated for the SAG Award for Outstanding Performance, along with eight BAFTA nominations. Ahead of this year's Oscar nomination announcements, here's an awards consideration billboard snapped along Beverly Boulevard on January 19, 2017.
Plus here's another billboard for the Oscar nominated movie snapped along the Sunset Strip on January 31, 2017.